Colorado and the States climate critique from 1876
In Colorado and the States the author argues the climate harms delicate people with four long winter months of cold and disease risk. The piece contrasts northern and southern climates and promotes Colorado as a sanitarium future, with references to local shops and social spots in a frontier town.
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Maple Street
Grealey
Colorado
N. C
United States
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Wyoming
Montana
Night life and gatherings around town list of venues
The piece surveys shops, taverns, and public spaces from Lowther to the post office, noting friendly benches and quiet corners. It mentions Joyce & Son, Haynes & Gipson, Kinnison, Corwin Welch, Rowe's book store, Fuller’s, Boettcher, Freeman & Shattuck, Buckley’s corner, Col Hagadon’s Indian Queen, and the post office as popular spots for sociable pursuits and discussions after dark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuller's
Boettcher
Freeman & Shattuck
Buckley's Corner
Irrigation Plans and Mining Prospects In Colorado Territory
The Land Department of the Union Pacific Railroad studies irrigating across a 150 mile Platte Valley stretch from Julesburg to Fort Kearny to boost value and enable a direct railroad. Rich mining districts around Boulder and Caribou promise rising yields, with speculation of five million dollars annual output by 1880. Rumors say Mormons seek to acquire Jerusalem to develop the country and spur rail, coal, orchards, and growth.
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Land Department
The
Union Pacific Railroad
Platte
Nebraska
Platte Valley
Julesburg
Fort Kearny
North Platte
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Arkansas
Boulder
Caribou
Sunshine Districts
Jerusalem
Legislation and Education Debates Spark Territorial Talks
The piece weighs funding Boulder University and statehood timing, notes few locals can afford university study, contrasts Greeley’s schoolhouse spending, suggests constitutional reform to let women vote in school elections, and ponders broader civic eligibility. It also mentions a Congress bill restricting liquor sales at the Centennial.
Education and public discourse in frontier Colorado schools
A reader letter criticizes anti education sentiment while praising local teachers and progress at Greeley schools. The author groups students by school history, notes high mobility and irregular attendance, and argues for stronger permanency and a potential high school. The piece closes with praise for teachers Miss Campbell Knowles Flower Exacker and mentions future remarks on the High School.
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Orteley Tribune
Gurley
Lucretius
Randolph
Gehine
Henry Clay
Earnest Inquirer
Greeley
Colorado
Hale
United States
Secarcely
Miss Knowles
Miss Flower
Annis
D. B
Templeton Bids Farewell to Max Clark in Scotland Tale
In a letter to the editor, Templeton reviews his friend Max Clark with a humorous take on crowd interactions and farming credentials. He recounts five years in one town, a life on the farm, and a lengthy lease, concluding that practical farming experience matters when renting land.
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Lanarkshire
Scotland
Templeton
Brothercfariivr
Colorado
Sam
Fon
Mary
Greeley Tribune
Clark
America
W. P. Karrison
Dalserf
Carkuke
Worse Breeding Editorial on Northern Colorado Horses
A Greeley Tribune reader laments reliance on eastern and western horses notes hardy saddle and draft stock suited to local needs. He cites Norman and Canadian breeds, their size and vigor, and argues for systematic breeding to match mining irrigation demands and canal farming.
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Oregon
California
France
East
America
Henrys
Randal
Canada
New York
Draft stock and drafts rise in Union Colony outlook
The article notes growing interest in heavy draft horses and mules to meet mining and district labor needs. It discusses stock raising plans, potential price levels, and the prospect of demand from a rising union community, with emphasis on good wheat and other produce supporting livestock markets.
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Ting
Lam
Ani
Union Colony
C. Ke
Sterling settler prospects and local notes from 1876
From Sterling, Colo the writer reports a thriving Literary Society and a prospering free school taught by Miss Carrie Myora. Land and water are advertised for two years. settlers plan a spring influx and a grist mill is seen as viable. Distances along wagon roads are listed, with beavers at work and a skating traveler noted. January 15 1876.
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the Tribune
Sterlingites
Mise Carrie Myora
Cou
J. C. Punderburg
Sterling
C. Goodwin
R. C. Perkins
Julesburg
Buffalo
Americum Ranch
Ford
Pintte River
Flory
Cary Brother
Sarinda
Sterling Post Office
Cedar Creek
Riverside Ranch
Henderson Baseh
Patterson
C. M. Armanousr
Colo
Local notices and events in Greeley and vicinity
Judge Haynes pursues mining suits in Boulder while a 12 inch ice layer covers rail lines. Wyatt brothers depart for the Black Hills with a stout outfit. Shattuck’s singing class and Halleck concert at Baptist Church draw interest for a school fundraiser. Meeker recovers from injury and attention shifts to light reading. Oscar Eaton named director of First National Bank of Brys. town tasks include suffrage discussion and a general call to farmers about beef, corn and hog fattening.
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Bryan
Oscar Eaton
First National Bank of
Willard’s
Halleck
Baptist Church
Greeley
Weld County
Tang
Fisher
Iine
J. C. Shattuck
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Mansfield
Morley
Scott
Willard
Ingalsbe
Nichols
Boulder University
Congress
Capt Boyd
Max Clark
Lower Platte
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